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W. R. BRU'NER. MARINE VESSEL.

No. 558,671. Patented Apr. 21,1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVILLIAM R. BRUNER, OF EXIRA, IO\VA.

MARINE VESSEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 558,671, dated April 21, 1896 Application filed November 10,1894:- Serial No. 528,453. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM R. BRUNER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Exira, in the county of Audubon, State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Marine Vessels, of which the following is a specification.

' My objects are, first, to prevent the formation of barnacles on the bottom and sides of a vessel; second, to facilitate the distribution of oil under water and to the surface of the vessel to quiet agitation of water and to prevent friction and the oxidation of metal; third, to inflate air-receivers to prevent a vessel from sinking; fourth, to depress air and distribute air and oil alternately; and I accomplish the results contemplated by the invention hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional View, and Fig. 2 a horizontal sectional View, of the prow of a vessel to which my invention is applied as required for practical use. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the vessel, showing tubes and valves connected with the top and also with the bottom and the air-reservoir.

A represents the hull of a vessel that may vary in form and dimensions as desired.

B is an oil-tank, and C an air-reservoir, located, preferably, in the hold, as shown.

13 is a tube connected with the top portion of the oil-tank B and adapted to be connected with an air-pump in such a manner that air can be forced through the tube and into the tank to press upon the surface of the oil, as required, to expel oil from the tank through a tube 13, connected with the lower portion of the tank. 13* represents a valve connected with the tube B for closing it.

O is a tube connected with the air-reservoir O and adapted to be connected with an air-pump in such a manner that air can be forced into the reservoir 0 and compressed therein.

C is a tube connected with the top portion. of the reservoir 0 and provided with a valve G as a means of allowing air to pass from the reservoir whenever desired.

B is a tube connected with the lower portion of the oil-tank B and provider'tl with a portions of the oil-tank valve for controlling the flow of oil from the tank. V

C is a tube connected with the lower portion of the air-reservoir O and provided with a valve to control the passage of air through the tube.

D is a tube connected with the oil-conveying tubes B and B and also with the air-conveying tube 0 and C in such a manner that air and oil can be alternately distributed through the tube D.

D D D D and D are tubes connected with the tube D and extended through the wall of the hull and down and under the. outside surface of the body or hull of the vessel in such a manner that oil and air can be alternately pressed therethrough and discharged therefrom under the vessel, through inclined perforations in the tubes, (shown in Fig. 1,) in such a manner that oil thus distributed will prevent barnacles from forming on the ves sel and also aid in quieting agitated water and diminishin g the friction of the water with the surface of the vessel. The same tubes D D D D and D can also be used for distributing air and forcing it therefrom under the vessel to aid in propelling the vessel.

F is a tube connected with the air-reservoir G, and F is a valve connected with the tube F to close it at pleasure, so that no air can escape from the reservoir through the tube F.

' A series of air-receivers or balloons G are connected with the tube F in such a manner that they can be readily inflated to aid in buoying up the vessel, as required, to prevent it from sinking.

It is obvious that the means thus provided for using oil and water forthe various purposes stated can be readily adjusted and operated by any person of ordinary intelligence and skill and advantageously used on various kinds of marine vessels.

I claim as my invention- 1. In combination with a marine vessel, an oil-tank, an air-reservoir having a tube adapted to be connected with an air-pump, tubes extending from the said tank and reservoir to the outside and bottom of the vessel, means for alternately connecting a pump with the oil-tank and the air-reservoir, to operate in the manner set forth for the purposes stated. 2. In combination with a marine vessel, an

oil-tank, an air-reservoir having a tube adaptair-reservoir to be operated in the manner set ed to be connected with an air-pump, tubes forth, for the purposes stated. extending from the said tank and reservoir to the outside and bottom of the vessel, means \VILLIAM R. BRUNER. for alternately connecting a pump With the itnesses:

oil-tank and the air-reservoir, and a series of EDWIN DELAHO YDE,

air-receivers or balloons connected With the J. W. GRAY. 

